Page 1, line 9, after ("offence") insert ("committed when he was under the age of 18")

Page 1, line 17, leave out subsection (2)

Page 2, line 9, at end insert--

("( ) If the area in which the offender resides, or will reside, is not an area in which referral is available under subsection (4), the court shall sentence the offender as if he had always resided in a place where referral was not available.")

BY THE VISCOUNT COLVILLE OF CULROSS

Page 2, line 9, at end insert--

("(4A) Subsections (3) and (4) shall apply to the Crown Court when hearing an appeal by virtue of section 108 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980.")

1980 c. 43.

BY THE LORD COPE OF BERKELEY

Page 2, line 10, leave out ("(2) or")

Page 2, line 10, at end insert--

("(6) This Part shall cease to have effect two years after it comes into force unless an order to continue it in effect, made by the Secretary of State, has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.")

Page 5, line 40, after ("held") insert (", within 14 days of the making of the order (or orders),")

Page 6, line 6, leave out from ("with") to end of line 7 and insert ("regulations made by the Secretary of State, a draft of which has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, each House of Parliament.")

Page 6, line 8, at end insert--

("(za) at least one magistrate appointed by the court which made the referral order;")

Page 6, line 11, at end insert ("; and

(c) at least one policeman appointed by the Chief Constable")

Page 6, line 11, at end insert--

("and a magistrate, appointed under subsection (3)(za), shall preside over each meeting of the panel.")

("(3) In considering for the purposes of subsection (2) or subsection (1) or (2) of section 27 whether any part of a recording should not be admitted under these sections, the court may refuse to allow evidence on which any party proposes to rely if it appears to the court that, having regard to all the circumstances, including the circumstances in which the evidence was obtained, the admission of the evidence would have such an adverse effect on the fairness of the proceedings that the court ought not to admit it.")

(" . Where a court makes a special measures direction under section 26 or 27, it may, notwithstanding any time limits provided by regulations under section 12 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, give and enforce such time limits as it thinks fit for the expeditious bringing to trial of the accused.")